What is the average commute in Waveland city, Mississippi?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Waveland city, Mississippi work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · MS · GEOID 28782002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waveland, Mississippi

Name: Commute estimates for Waveland city, Mississippi
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.0 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 83.7% drove alone, and 16.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±10.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.2%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone83.7%±7.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip16.6%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Waveland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -7.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute40.7 min → 33.0 min▼ 7.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 7.2%▲ 4.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 83.7%▲ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Waveland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone83.7% ±7.5 pp

Carpool5.3% ±4.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home7.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 3,435 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Waveland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

88^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Waveland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,435 workers age 16+, including 3,186 workers with reported travel time and 249 home workers.

Population estimate7,062± 49 MOE

Workers age 16+3,435± 425 MOE

Workers with travel time3,186± 442 MOE

Estimated home workers249± 103 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Mississippi commute records for Waveland city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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